Help with my friend's unique hair texture

[choconillaprincess]

My friend has a very unique hair texture... She has big 3b/c curls and thick coarse individual strands but it's still very silky(she's black/Samoan)... Her main concerns are dryness and unruliness... But otherwise her hair retains length very well and doesn't have split ends or breakage at all(lucky!) because I have fine 3c hair the techniques I use don't work as well on her hair... So I need help formulating a good hair regimine to fight dryness but it also has to be very low maintenance... She recently started cowashing and wearing a satin bonnet at night

Any suggestions?

Sorry couldn't put pics directly in post pwd is steph if you need it
http://public.fotki.com/choconillaprincess/steph/2011-10-23-10-57-58.html#media
http://public.fotki.com/choconillaprincess/steph/#media

 

[Pompous Blue]

If those are pictures of her hair, doesn't look 3B/C to me. Looks more 4A. But nevertheless, can you post her reggie?

 

[NappyNelle]

Have you tested her porosity?

 

[choconillaprincess]

Pompous Blue her curls are far larger than mine about the size of a sharpie cant be type 4 pics can be misleading i guessNappyNelle I'm not up on porosity levels is that the water test?

 

[kristie1979]

im new to this forum and i have no idea what 3b/3c or 4a means... is there a place that defines what that means?

 

[choconillaprincess]

kristie1979 look here http://www.naturallycurly.com/hair-types

 

[whiteoleander91]

Tell her to try adding an oil to her favorite conditioner. Suave's Tropical Coconut conditioner+EVOO is soo friggin amazing on my hair. It made such a big difference in dryness for me. EVOO is a good oil to start with if she hasn't tried using oil before. I hear castor oil is great. A lot of ppl like EVCO too.

 

[Embyra]

Yup you need to find her porosity otherwise imo giving advice is pointless


http://livecurlylivefree.blogspot.com/2009/01/hair-porosity.html

 

[hothair]

I think you should check for regimens for those with 4a. Generally speaking a wash and good DC once a week as well as a daily moisturising leave-in sealed with castor oil should do wonders.

 

[choconillaprincess]

thanks for responses i gonna do a porosity test and check back in

 

[BlaqBella]

Yep, telling more information on, what she knows about her hair, and what she does to it and how often will help. I can't tell on the type curl, not too good at that. But I think I can see some big curls, just frizzy like mine.Btw, which I 'think' mine are 4a, idk.

 

[anartist4u2001]

her hair is pretty!